south-west

See also: southwest, Southwest, and South West

English

Noun

south-west (usually uncountable, plural south-wests)

1. (chiefly UK) Alternative form of southwest
   • 1901, “Native Account of the Situation”, in The Boxer Rising: A History of the Boxer Trouble in China‎^[1], 2nd edition, Shanghai Mercury, Ltd., →OCLC, page 60:

     In Chuchow in the south-west of Chekiang, as we learn from a Shaoshing letter, rebel soldiers have, before the arrival of the soldiers sent by the Governor, killed the magistrate of Sian city named Wu.

Adjective

south-west (not generally comparable, comparative more south-west, superlative most south-west)

1. (chiefly UK) Alternative form of southwest

Adverb

south-west (not generally comparable, comparative more south-west, superlative most south-west)

1. (chiefly UK) Alternative form of southwest